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Konami's Classic Rocket Knight Adventures is Coming Back

Konami is making a new 2.5 platfomer for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC which features 16-bit hero Sparkster.

Some refreshing news for avid 16-bit gaming fans arrives today in the form of a new 2.5 side-scrolling platform game featuring Konami's knightly character, Sparkster. The new downlodable game dubbed Rocket Knight is a direct sequel to 1994's Sparkster for the Genesis according to 1UP.

"The funny thing about Rocket Knight is that when you look for information on the Internet -- if you can find it -- you never see anything bad about him," says Konami producer Tomm Hulett. "The people who played the games and remember Sparkster really love him."

Hulett counts himself among those fans; one of his first efforts when he began work at Konami was to draft a pitch for a Rocket Knight revival. Finally, two years and four revised pitches later, Sparkster is finally returning in a proper adventure: A 2.5D platformer for XBLA, PSN, and Steam, programmed by Climax, with Hulett at the helm.

Rocket Knight is pencilled in for release sometime in 2010.

Awwww.

Bryn says: I remember playing the SNES title way back in the day and specifically, I remember being captivated by the cute-yet-tough character of Sparkster. It's great to hear that a franchise long-thought to be dead is making a comeback and based on the information over on 1UP it seems as though we're in for something pretty special.

It's very interesting that the game's also being developed for the PC crowd this time around too.